If the just-published “National Security Strategy of the United States of America” was intended to infuriate the old line globalist elites in Europe and the United States, then it has succeeded beyond the wildest dreams of its authors. Take, for example, the essay this morning by Jacob Heilbrunn over at that “other” Spectator. Heilbrunn manages the not inconsiderable feat of dismissing the document as “incomprehensible” and “negligible,” while at the same time suggesting that it’s important enough to cause our key allies consternation and dismay. European leaders should ask themselves why young Americans should be asked to fight and die on their behalf. One can find similar comments virtually everywhere one cares to look, but Heilbrunn and those like him miss altogether two absolutely essential points. Like so many foreign policy establishment pundits, Heilbrunn routinely dismisses Trump as incompetent and lacking the consistency of purpose necessary to sustain a coherent foreign policy strategy worthy of the name. Heilbrunn contemptuously asserts that “President Trump has most likely never read” the document, a sentiment in accord with much elite commentary. I beg to differ, for two reasons. First, anyone who has bothered to follow Trump’s formal foreign policy statements over the course of the years, will see this “National Security Strategy” as the further articulation of themes he has articulated for many years. I’ve frequently called attention to Trump’s major foreign policy address in Warsaw in 2017, which prefigures, at a broader level, essential themes of policy philosophy elaborated in the new National Security Strategy. Respect for alliances, alliances built on mutual respect and conditioned by the notion that everyone pulls their own weight. Check. Endorsement of nationhood as the fundamental building block of the international order. Check. The idea that all nations should take care of their own interests, while working together for the common good. Check. Europe, in particular, should take greater responsibility for its own security. Check. Most fundamentally, the Warsaw speech identifies, in no uncertain terms, what Heilbrunn and others insistently condemn within the new National Security Strategy, namely, the manner in which European elites have opened the door to a civilizational threat from Islamist radicalism, a threat already far advanced through uncontrolled immigration, a threat that these elites seem utterly unwilling to address. The Warsaw speech characterized the threat as “radical Islamic terrorism” and insisted that we — and the “we” clearly includes Poland and other like-minded European nations — will “always welcome new citizens who share our value, our borders will always be closed to terrorism and extremism of any kind.” And in the very next paragraph, he makes the connection with Islamic terrorism explicit. The National Security Strategy builds directly on this, and this is the nub of its supposed “grave insult” to our European allies. The offending passages read as follows: [Europe’s] economic decline is eclipsed by the real and more stark prospect of civilizational erasure. The larger issues facing Europe include activities of the European Union and other transnational bodies that undermine political liberty and sovereignty, migration policies that are transforming the continent and creating strife, censorship of free speech and suppression of political opposition, cratering birthrates, and loss of national identities and self-confidence. Should present trends continue, the continent will be unrecognizable in 20 years or less. As such, it is far from obvious whether certain European countries will have economies and militaries strong enough to remain reliable allies. Many of these nations are currently doubling down on their present path. We want Europe to remain European, to regain its civilizational self-confidence, and to abandon its failed focus on regulatory suffocation. There’s nothing novel in this, and the contrast is not between “Trumpism” and European values, but rather between those Europeans who still hope to save their own civilizations and those who’ve wholeheartedly drunk the globalist Kool-Aid. The National Security Strategy raises a serious question: if the current civilizational erasure continues, will there be anything left worth fighting for? Germany’s beloved Christmas street markets now take place only behind heavily armed security against Islamist attacks. French churches are desecrated or destroyed, and whole suburbs have become sharia “no-go” zones. In the UK, rape gangs too often go unpunished, and the governing class goes out of its way to ignore their connection to the “religion of peace.” And as the foregoing excerpts make clear, it’s not just the surrender to the Islamic tidal wave, but also the civilizational solvent of rampant secularism that is at play. Too often, the secular elites simply want to bury their heads in the sand. A commonplace of current conservative commentary in these European countries is that military rearmament is largely pointless when governments no longer believe their countries worth defending, when young patriots are alienated from their homelands, and when the enemy — quite literally, thousands of radicalized, military aged young men, have already taken residence “inside the walls.” Why should we fight for a country that hates us is the question often asked by young men across western Europe, even as it was asked until very recently here in the U.S. Instead of venting their hurt feelings about Trump’s National Security Strategy, European leaders should ask themselves why young Americans should be asked to fight and die on their behalf — and on their terms — when they seem hell bent on surrendering everything we might have in common. If they won’t defend their civilization, why should we? Living comfortably in their well-off enclaves, communicating only within the globalist bubble, the European elites and their American counterparts refuse to see that their civilization is gravely threatened, not by Donald Trump, or Giorgia Meloni, or Jordan Bardella, or Nigel Farage, but instead by the genuinely civilizational threat of radical Islam. The elites will not fare well when the caliphate comes to claim them. When the time comes — and, make no mistake, the time is coming — it will be the ordinary folk, the workers and farmers, those connected to a place, those nurtured in a love for family, community, and country, who will answer the call, and this will be true in every country. Killers will only be stopped by those with something genuine to defend and the courage to fight back. Donald Trump may not be a conservative by many traditional measures — that’s a discussion for another time — and his foreign policy often zigs when some of us wish it would zag. But through two presidencies he has consistently articulated a world view that is conservative in the best sense, a world view that upholds the values of what we once called Western civilization. He’s not always a nice guy, his National Security Strategy — and it is definitely his strategy is not wrapped up in the usual back-slapping feel good platitudes beloved by the transatlantic foreign policy community. But they are very much the words that community needs to hear. Trump kids himself if he thinks that he’ll ever be awarded a Nobel Peace Prize, but if he succeeds in chivvying the Europeans to finally grow up — and grow a pair — then he’ll have earned a more lasting reward, the gratitude of generations to come. Perhaps Jacob Heilbrunn and his ilk might pause to ponder that. READ MORE from James H. McGee: The Burning of Bethany Magee Getting Ahead of Ourselves About the 2028 Elections TDS Now Resembles Orwell’s ‘Two Minutes Hate’ James H. McGee retired in 2018 after nearly four decades as a national security and counter-terrorism professional, working primarily in the nuclear security field. Since retiring, he’s begun a second career as a thriller writer. He’s just published his new novel, The Zebras from Minsk, the sequel to his well-received 2022 thriller, Letter of Reprisal. The Zebras from Minsk finds the Reprisal Team fighting against an alliance of Chinese and Russian backed terrorists, brutal child traffickers, and a corrupt anti-American billionaire, racing against time to take down a conspiracy that ranges from the hills of West Virginia to the forests of Belarus. You can find The Zebras from Minsk (and Letter of Reprisal) on Amazon in Kindle and paperback editions.  

It was what they call a coup de theatre, a moment of absurdity worthy of a play by Claude Feydeau, the master of theatrical farce in belle epoque France — or perhaps of a satire by our own Joseph Heller. French authorities in the department of Yvelines in Paris’s western suburbs blocked at the very last minute a long-announced declaration of independence of the Kabyle region in northeastern Algeria, to take place at a well known convention center in Versailles. Few doubt that the French authorities acted out of fear of offending the government in Algiers, which considers the declaration treasonous. Prudence is always welcome, and we have sound pragmatic reasons for managing our relations with African nations with tact. The proclamation went out anyway, communication technology being what it is. Berber autonomists, led by the MAK (Movement for Kabyle self-determination), announced that following decades of repression of their native culture, language, civil and human rights, they want out. They know very well the proclamation remains symbolic. But still significant. Does issuing a proclamation without any intent — or possibility — of acting on it treason? Or free speech? The Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security, a think tank, did not miss the irony. The self-rule movement operates within strict institutional and legal structures, setting it apart from certain other “national liberation movements.” Not by coincidence, the MAK, following Berber traditions antedating the Arab conquest, are the closest thing to philo-Semites in the Arabo-Muslim world. The Berberist in Kabylie do not hide their support for Israel’s right to exist as a nation state and to defend itself, noting it is one “national liberal movement” that followed up an anti-colonial struggle with the establishment of a free society. The Algerian state that they helped create in a bitter anti-colonial war with France became a colonial state itself, they argue. All efforts at reform, including the nonviolent hirak protests of a few years ago, were spurned by the government in Algiers and followed by waves of repression. The government in Algiers gets particularly incensed at complaints by its large (about 25 percent) Berber population, of whom the Kabyles form the largest bloc, regarding cultural rights and local governance. While that is surely its prerogative, it does not follow that the MAK is a “terrorist” organization.  Its activists are hounded and jailed, its exiled leaders condemned in absentia on treason charges under Article 87, which allows death sentences. While there are sound strategic reasons for France, and indeed the U.S., to maintain correct relations with Algiers the JISS notes it is elementary prudence for interested powers to take note of demands for reform in Algeria, given the fraught geopolitics of North Africa and the Sahel, a region stretching from Sudan on the Red Sea to Mauritania on the Atlantic Ocean. The Arab-Islamic world, far from being a monolith, is no less varied than other geo-cultural areas. In terms of the evolution taking place in the Middle East, and U.S. efforts to clearly differentiate between friends and foes, voices favorable to liberal democracy, freedom of religion, and peaceful political competition ought not be shunned; on the contrary, they are welcome news, the JISS argues. In France, the government’s deference to Algeria is detrimental to both countries, according to knowledgeable observers such as Ivan Rioufol, retired editor of the major daily Figaro. We have important strategic and commercial relations with the Algerians, and there is no incentive to upset them. But there is no question of going to war for liberty or exacerbating delicate diplomatic relations, but merely of being sober about the kind of world we live in. It may be noted that the announced public declaration was to be made at a conventions center in Versailles, with attendance by invitation only. The references to wild musical parties causing disturbances, which the authorities evoked to justify their banning order, were something of a stretch. The MAK’s characterization of the Algerian government as an oppressive Arabo-Islamist regime, while surely open to debate, is not without basis. An African-Mediterranean land of many cultures, ravaged by a cruel anti-colonial war in the 1950s-60s, produced a monolithic state (“Algeria my country, Arabic my language, Islam my religion”) that came with single-party dictatorship and alignment with the Soviet bloc. Victory over France in 1962 would not have been possible without the enthusiastic support of the Kabyles, who had led the last great revolt against French conquest in the 19th century. They supplied much of the manpower and leadership of the national movement. Many of the Kabyle leaders of this movement were purged — murdered in many cases — following the peace-and-independence treaty, while uncounted thousands of Muslims abandoned by the country they had chosen to serve were massacred. Other thousands made it to France, in the hulls you might say, of the boats ferrying a million Algerians of European stock, as well as Jews whose ancestors had been there since before the Arab conquest in the seventh century, a fact the Kabyles themselves did not forget. The Kabyles traditionally favor multi-party democracy, separation of religion and state, a liberal approach to education and culture, and, especially in recent years, a pro-West, pro-Israel, indeed even philo-Semitic foreign policy, harking back to the Kabyle princess, Kahina, who died in battle against the seventh century Arab invasion. Americans of a literary bent will find this background brilliantly explored in Second Sight, a novel based on archeological and historical evidence, by the late, great Charles McCarry. Many Algerians, it may be noted, Berber or Arab or what-all, have inherited from parents and grandparents a positive attitude toward Americans, which goes back to the great invasion of 1942 and its message of liberation. It is expressed in an anecdote about a police official accompanying an American reporter during the Islamist insurrection of the 1990s when the country went through an orgy of terror and counter-terror: “If you die in my country, mister, you may know I will have died just before you.” Mere anecdote, the story is not without pertinence. As a majority-Muslim region, Kabylie (Kabylia in English) would be a voice in the umma for liberal-democratic governance, support for Israel, and opposition to radical Islam. This would weigh in the resistance to jihadist bands spreading terror throughout North Africa and the Sahel. Kabyles have felt oppressed under Arabo-Islamist rule that they believe never appreciated or respected Algeria’s multi-national population, composed of Jews, Maltese, Spaniards, French, Italians, Arabs, Turks, and indigenous Berbers, speaking a variety of languages and professing many faiths, including secular humanistic reason. The two greatest writers of the independence movement years in Algeria were Albert Camus, whose mother was Spanish and who opposed colonial-style discrimination against Muslims while favoring a federal system of governance attached to France, and the Kabyle teacher and writer Mouloud Ferraoun, who favored independence while hoping to retain the pied-noir population and the French connection. He was murdered in the last days of the war by French-Algerian irredentists. Camus and Ferraoun shared a love of their country’s beauty and human wealth, deeply respected each other’s work. This striving for fraternity, this insistence on the dignity that grows out of respect, is an individual human quality, not the sort of thing one generalizes about while talking about nations and cultures. However, it has been expressed in Kabyle protests, poetry, song, and has carried a suffering people through years of monomaniacal linguistic and religious intolerance that drove the Jews out of Algeria. It was top-down intolerance, not broadly popular. It was a religious-statist tyranny that drove out the pieds-noirs, losing their entrepreneurial and professional skills along with the passion of the fierce attachment to their native land.  It forced the Christians underground, instituted a mukhabarat-style secret police with East German and Soviet details added, stifled development in a country richly endowed in natural resources (one-time breadbasket of the Mediterranean world), and abandoned several generations to despair-driven emigration. The Kabyles insist it need not be this way, and obviously many of their neighbors in Algeria agree. The Berber Spring of 1980, forerunner of the Arab Springs of decades later, the democracy movement of the late 1980s and the resistance to the blood-soaked Islamist insurgency of the 1990s, were all included substantial Kabyle participation. Finally, perhaps inevitably, reforms including regional autonomy were demanded by activists, which were met by repression, leading inexorably to the idea of secession. Which of course is met with scorn by the Algiers authorities, though there have been unverified rumors in Algiers that compromises have been offered that might satisfy some self-rule aspirations, linguistic and religious freedom, and the like. The great French-Algerian author Boualem Sansal was recently released following a year in a prison while ill with, reportedly, cancer and cut off from contact with his family and Jewish attorney. Charged under the notorious Article 87 to punish sedition, a capital crime (he had questioned the exact tracing of the boundary between Algeria and Morocco, an old dispute), he may have benefitted from a p.r. calculation given his world-wide fame as the region’s Solzhenitsyn, something that another French writer, the sports journalist Christophe Gleizes cannot rely on (his crime was to interview a Kabyle soccer star.) Sentenced to seven years for seditious activities and possession of forbidden literary materials, he is jailed while awaiting appeals. The autonomists of course cheered Boualem’s release while deploring Gleizes’s detention and that of reportedly hundreds of their activists. The habitual response of the Algerian government to  peaceful protest, as during the hirak (“movement”) demonstrations of a few years ago, is to arrest people, suppress speech and writing, and blame malevolent foreign powers, which is one reason Kabyle activists are accused of being Zionist or Moroccan agents. Algiers’ position as the regional power and mediator is shaky, as it juggles Russian armaments purchases, American investments in energy (as well as some security cooperation) shock waves from the recent regime changes and Islamist violence in the Sahel, and diplomatic spats with France. Critics of the French government’s appeasement efforts say it would be better to resist unreasonable Algerian demands on migration and dual-citizen issues. They see in the Kabyle cause an instance of why French-Algerian relations should be revisited in depth. There is a sense in which the Algerian epic represents a concentration of Islam’s confrontation with the West, not least in the role Algerian emigration has played in French domestic politics.  Algerian emigration was for a time overwhelmingly Kabyle, and it was assimilationist, broadly successful and beneficial to France, across all fields from medicine to law, business, sports, and culture. But under the influence of Islamization, immigration has become a form of civilizational subversion. Kabyle autonomists recognize this and think their freedom-based initiatives will encourage would-be emigrants to see a bright future at home. In calming the “migration crisis,” this could represent, they say, a lifeboat for both France and Algeria — and for themselves. And indeed for us. We would rather see both shores of the Mediterranean at peace and in prosperity. We cannot make this happen. John Quincy Adams’ admonition remains foundational, “She [America] is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own.” Prudence is always welcome, and we have sound pragmatic reasons for managing our relations with African nations with tact. However, it may be recalled that the younger Adams’ famous speech insists on our Declaration of Independence as the essential blueprint guiding our foreign policy, in that its claim that “all men are created equal, and endowed with certain unalienable rights.” must be our standard in assessing foreign peoples — and ourselves — though surely not reason to meddle in their affairs. Too, it is worth recalling that the great statesman favored resisting the British Empire on rulership of the waves, as he, in a respectful dissent to the more conciliatory positions of his distinguished father, had favored punishing the pirates of Barbary, who by the way were Turks, Arabs, Berbers and even a few woke Euros, if one may use an anachronism. No one in Algeria, Kabyle or not, wants a return of Stephen Decatur and William Bainbridge to their beaches. Alexis de Tocqueville’s view when he witnessed the beginning of the French conquest was that imposing one’s rule and will by force, in a scarcely understood foreign land, was likely to end badly. A famous native son of North Africa, Saint Augustine, counseled saving perfection for heaven. Nobody’s perfect here below, but is it unthinkable that the arbitrary ruling of a French prefet in Versailles, by its very absurdity, could make everyone involved pause and ask whether there is a reasonable solution that they ought to consider? An American can only suggest it, but we are in a deal-oriented time in foreign affairs, and you never know. READ MORE from Roger Kaplan: Rolling Them Up in Iraq Give (Eternal?) Peace a Chance? Booing Donald Trump at the U.S. Open?   

A crisis is looming over artificial intelligence, but it’s not what you think. While politicians fret about AI’s impact on jobs and deepfake videos, state laws are strangling the small businesses trying to harness this technology for Americans’ benefit. They need uniform nationwide standards, but instead, they face a costly patchwork of conflicting and innovation-killing rules. President Trump has taken the first step. Now it’s up to Congress to create the nationwide standards that will unleash AI’s potential. This doesn’t just prevent the creation of AI that serves families and job creators. It directly benefits the biggest tech companies at the expense of their small competitors, while threatening American leadership in a field where the U.S. has to win. Only D.C. can end this crisis before it gets worse. Thankfully, President Trump just took the first big step. On December 11th, he signed an executive order that seeks to block state laws that stifle AI. Under this policy, the administration can now sue states that have gone too far. But even more important, the President pledged to work with Congress to develop national AI standards as soon as possible. While Congress has failed to make progress, most recently abandoning reforms in its defense spending bill this month, the President’s executive order adds a new sense of urgency to pass the strongest policy. Congress should aim to pass a law early in 2026. The sooner, the better, because states have passed over 160 AI laws to date, with more on the way. Colorado has passed a law that would require companies developing and deploying AI to file “high risk reports” — a heavy-handed measure that lawmakers admit will hurt small businesses. A bill is sitting on New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s desk that would apply a massive regulatory regime to AI companies in the name of safety. California Gov. Gavin Newsom just signed a similar bill into law, along with 17 others. The supporters of these laws say they reflect states’ role as laboratories of democracy. AI’s detractors say that state protections are necessary to keep such a dangerous technology in check. Yet so many state laws make it significantly harder for smaller AI companies to compete and introduce products that improve Americans’ lives. Take Phil Salesses, who co-founded MoveAI. The company uses AI to help people easily find and hire services when switching apartments or homes. It works across state lines, so Phil has seen how different state laws “make our nationwide operation harder.” He’s forced to spend money on state-by-state compliance — money that would be better spent helping the business meet more movers’ needs. He says he needs “straightforward, uniform policies that allow small businesses like ours to compete nationwide.” Or take Aidan Chau, who founded a company called Maple that develops AI phone answering services for restaurants. The tool frees workers to focus on cooking and serving customers, leading to stronger restaurants that create more jobs. He says that New York’s pending law would give him less access to the large learning models the company needs. If it becomes law, startups like his may move to another state for their businesses’ survival. But what if that new state tries the same trick down the line? Thousands of entrepreneurs and start-up founders face similar concerns, but these are also early days. The regulatory burden is set to grow worse, with most states considering multiple proposals. Next year alone, over a dozen states may pass vague algorithm anti-discrimination laws, each of which will be interpreted and applied differently. Good luck to small AI businesses trying to follow so many different rules. Their compliance budgets will skyrocket, taking precious money from innovation and causing many to fail in time. Meanwhile, the big tech companies that Americans trust least will cement their dominance. They’re the only ones with budgets big enough to survive this death by 50 state regulatory cuts. A recipe for American AI leadership, this is not. If Congress doesn’t pass national standards, countries like China could gain an unbeatable advantage. But history shows a better path. The U.S. led the internet revolution in large part because federal lawmakers blocked state action in the 1990s. The result has been massive innovation and economic growth, creating trillions of dollars in wealth and lifting every American’s standard of living. Artificial intelligence could be an even bigger boon, defying critics’ predictions about economic and social collapse, while extending America’s global lead. But that surely won’t happen if places like Albany, Sacramento, and Denver strangle AI with their tribal agendas. President Trump has taken the first step. Now it’s up to Congress to create the nationwide standards that will unleash AI’s potential — benefitting families and job creators while firmly keeping the U.S. in the lead. READ MORE: Gen Z in the Age of Digital Polyculture ‘Claude Missed It’ — The Pitfalls of Artificial Intelligence America Is a Real Country, Not the World’s All-Star Team Chris Koopman is CEO of the Abundance Institute.  

Watch The X22 Report On Video 2 videos found Ep 3795b – What Does The [DS] Do When Bad New Is About To Break? White Hats Are In Control Ep 3795a – Trump Is Shutting Down The [CB] Economic Narrative & Creating A New One pt> Click On Picture To See Larger PictureThe people of the US are feeling economic hangover from Biden/Obama, it will start to improve 2026.Trump is shutting down the corrupt H1-B visa with charging for it. Trump is using the tariffs to lower the deficit which is lowering the Fed inflation. Tariffs are bringing in trillions of dollars. The [DS] is pushed the Epstein hoax, they redacted a picture that was already public, the Dem Esptein hoax is real. The [DS] is panicking, they are preparing for bad news against them. The infiltration is now attacking. The [DS] brought them into each country to conquer the countries. Trump and team are in control of the pieces, it doesn’t mean we the enemy will not attack. White hats are in control.   Economy .@JDVance: "My message to the American people who are still feeling like things are unaffordable, who are still feeling like things are rough out there, is, look, we get it and we hear you and we know there’s a lot of work to do. There’s a lot of wood to chop because the Biden… — Ned Ryun (@nedryun) December 12, 2025  administration put us in such a very, very tough spot.” This is instructive, though. While I know there are many people in our coalition who–rightly–are angry about immigration fraud in our visa system, America Last Republicans and Democrats are teaming up to stop our efforts to address these issues. Don't black pill. Fight back. — JD Vance (@JDVance) December 13, 2025 JOBS: Democrats (and even many RINOs) oppose Trump's $100K H-1B visa fee. I think their opposition is misplaced. The fee ensures that American companies can get the workers they can't find in the US while ensuring that every American can get a job.https://t.co/SrZGZt84bM — @amuse (@amuse) December 14, 2025   "Housing is going to be a problem," Fed Chair Powell said. "We can raise and lower interest rates, but we don't really have the tools to address a secular housing shortage, structural housing shortage. pic.twitter.com/neMU2W4N7s — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) December 13, 2025 BREAKING: President Trump is asked where he wants interest rates to be next year. His response: “1% and maybe lower than that.” You don’t own enough assets. pic.twitter.com/XS3aPViKsv — The Kobeissi Letter (@KobeissiLetter) December 12, 2025  HOLY CRAP! The Trump White House just STUNNED Fake News Margaret Brennan, revealing the U.S. budget deficit will be $600 BILLION down this year KEVIN HASSETT: "It's looking like the deficit for this year will be $600B lower than it was last year! That really helps lower… pic.twitter.com/24lzeQq6su — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 14, 2025   inflation.” “We’ve got the trade deficit cut in half from last year.” “All of these things are things that should continue to move us towards the Fed target of 2%.” Don’t let the “Experts” lie to the American people   These changes are said to help push inflation toward the Federal Reserve’s 2% target rate. Lower deficits and trade imbalances reduce economic pressures that drive up prices, potentially stabilizing costs for consumers and businesses.  these figures signal improving fiscal health. For context, the U.S. deficit was around $1.7 trillion in 2024; dropping it by $600 billion would bring it closer to $1.1 trillion—a substantial cut that could ease long-term debt concerns and support lower interest rates.  Lower inflation to 2% would mean steadier prices, boosting real wages and consumer confidence.   The U.S. budget deficit is the annual shortfall when government spending exceeds revenue in a given fiscal year. The national debt is the total accumulated amount owed from all past deficits (plus interest), essentially the running total of borrowed money. TRUMP JUST TOOK A MASSIVE VICTORY LAP ON THE “EXPERTS” “Because of the tariffs, we’ve taken in $18 TRILLION. There’s never been anything like it! The Biden admin took in less than $1 trillion in 4 years. We took in more than $18T in 10 months. That’s good!” The tariffs… pic.twitter.com/R01iJosbSv — Gunther Eagleman (@GuntherEagleman) December 14, 2025 Political/Rights MORE – Five Arabs are alleged to have planned an attack on a Christmas market near Dingolfing in Lower Bavaria, Germany pic.twitter.com/SwfiKOPqX3 — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) December 13, 2025 Bondi Beach, Australia (Dec. 14) — Here is a long video of the terror attack shooting on a beach Hanukah event that resulted in 12 deaths. One of the two gunman has been identified as a man named Naveed Akram. pic.twitter.com/DlrhD8ONMt — Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) December 14, 2025   Insane footage shows a bystander attacking and disarming one of the terrorists, who appears to have been armed with a long rifle, during today’s shooting attack on an event celebrating Hanukkah at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. pic.twitter.com/mJceco22bJ — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) December 14, 2025   He is a Christian Maronite!The hero that stopped one of the terrorists in Australia is called Ahmad Al Ahmad.The Anti-Israel mobs celebrated him being a Muslim, as if that made the terror attack less terrible.But he is not a Muslim!He is a Christian Maronite! pic.twitter.com/aV7lZBnIFC — Hamas Atrocities (@HamasAtrocities) December 14, 2025 The gunmen who carried out the Sydney attack are a father and son, ages 50 and 24, according to police pic.twitter.com/ESYrdOe7C1 — BNO News Live (@BNODesk) December 14, 2025 from pakistan   JUST IN – Police say at least 12 killed and 29 injured after an Islamist terror attack against Jewish Australians in Sydney, Australia. — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) December 14, 2025 BREAKING: Thousands of Hamas supporters have gathered outside ‘Concertgebouw’ a venue where Jews have gathered to celebrate Hanukkah. Tensions are rising rapidly, with demonstrators chanting antisemitic slogans including calls for death. This is happening now, in Amsterdam. pic.twitter.com/9SwFiMgPRf — The British Patriot (@TheBritLad) December 14, 2025   BREAKING: India has been placed on high alert following intelligence warnings of planned terrorist attacks targeting Jews in major cities including Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai – NDTV pic.twitter.com/pt6diZ0Wli — Current Report (@Currentreport1) December 14, 2025   So… Brown University releases footage from the worst angle possible that doesn’t show the shooters face 6 hours after the shooting. There are over 800 cameras on campus. This is all they got? Something isn’t adding up.pic.twitter.com/lr56nWuEu1 — C3 (@C_3C_3) December 14, 2025     Brown University Shooting Suspect In Custody; Gunman “Yelled Something” Before Attack On Econ Classroom  The shooter “yelled something” before the attack …   Source: zerohedge.com WOW! Reporters are STILL hounding Providence officials over the fact there’s no video from inside Brown University REPORTER: Brown is the most CAMERA-RIDDEN piece of real estate in RI, but there’s no video evidence? CHIEF: We shared what we have WTF?pic.twitter.com/ynbv4OXLHX — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 14, 2025   authorities have detained the suspect in the Brown University shooting that occurred on December 13, 2025, which left two students dead and nine others injured.  The person of interest, identified as 24-year-old Benjamin Erickson from Wisconsin (who is not a Brown student), was taken into custody early on December 14 at a hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island, about 15 miles from the campus.  Officials have confirmed no other suspects are being sought, and the investigation is ongoing.   A revolver and a small Glock handgun were recovered at the hotel. From the available information and reports on the Brown University shooting suspect, Benjamin Erickson (a 24-year-old man from West Bend, Wisconsin, born in 2001, and a U.S. Army Cyber Warfare Officer),     Red flag laws are the most tyrannical 2A infringement possible. You are seizing guns before a crime has been committed – aka gun confiscation. As we’ve seen under President Trump, Democrat judges will abuse their authority with impunity. Hell no to red flag laws. https://t.co/T6NlNb6XHJ — DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) December 14, 2025 Fact: You know what all 17 of these counties have in common? They have the highest rates of gun ownership in the country. 48-64% of their citizens are armed. You know what else they have in common? They have a lower violent crime rate than the national average. Next time a… pic.twitter.com/SOMC1EtGNi — Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) December 14, 2025  Democrat tells you guns make us less safe — ask them to explain why so many counties with the HIGHEST gun ownership rates have BELOW average violent crime rates. Guns aren’t making us less safe and gun laws won’t solve the problem. Most of our recent mass shootings had shooters who already violated gun laws to commit their crimes. The left wing culture in America, including mass migration is making us less safe. It’s the root of our problem. Fix our regressive, hedonistic, violence and evil loving culture. That will fix America. We need our country to value strength, life, love, liberty, faith and family again. That’s the antidote to the poison that creates a violence society. An update on the @FBI response at Brown University:@FBIBoston established a command post to intake, develop and analyze leads, and run them to ground. We activated the FBI’s Cellular Analysis Survey Team, to provide critical geolocation capabilities. As a result, early… pic.twitter.com/KONDEbrduR — FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) December 14, 2025   this morning, FBI Boston’s Safe Streets Task Force, with assistance from the @USMarshalsHQ & the @Coventry_RI_PD , detained a person of interest in a hotel room in Coventry, RI, based off a lead by the @ProvidenceRIPD . We have deployed local and national resources to process and reconstruct the shooting scene – providing HQ and Lab elements on scene. We set up a digital media intake portal to ingest images and video from the public related to this incident. And the FBI’s victim specialists are fully integrating with our partners to provide resources to victims and survivors of this horrific violence. This FBI will continue an all out 24/7 campaign until justice is fully served. Thanks to the men and women of the FBI and our partners for their continued teamwork. Please continue praying for the victims and their families – as well as all those at Brown University. We were warned days ago. Something big is about to break. Two terror attacks in 24 hours. More possibly coming. What do [they] do when bad news is about to break? Read the drops. We have it all. https://t.co/yvHvesWvT4 pic.twitter.com/LOhrPyaEFX — The Justice Cometh (@justicecometh) December 14, 2025 Both Bill and Hillary are set to testify before Congress over the next 2 days. TRULY WICKED: Obama Judge Lavishly PRAISES Illegal Alien Who R*ped and Sodomized Helpless Woman with Cerebral Palsy – Refuses to Add More Years to His Sentence The Detroit News reported on Friday that a violent illegal alien from Honduras who sexually assaulted a woman with cerebral palsy in a Michigan laundry room will be released from prison as early as July 2028, less than three tears from now thanks to a federal judge appointed by Barack Obama. The illegal, 30-year-old handyman Edys Renan Membreño Díaz was previously caught sneaking into the U.S. at least seven times since 2019. He pleaded guilty in 2022 to sexually assaulting the woman and was sentenced by Judge Judith Levy in August 2024 to time served. She had the opportunity to serve two more years to his sentence but declined to do so. Unspeakable Depravity. Edys Renan Membreño Díaz, a criminal illegal from Honduras who illegally entered our country 7 times, was convicted of raping and sodomizing a woman who has cerebral palsy and cognitive delays. He attacked her and dragged her into her apartment building’s… pic.twitter.com/wrsMcP2jDE — Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) December 13, 2025   laundry room . He was sentenced 3 years ago and could be released from prison as early as July 2028. But, the U.S. District Judge Judith Levy refused to sentence him to 2 more years for immigration crimes and called this monster a future “ambassador for living up to our immigration restrictions.” This Obama appointed judge went on to praise him for “family devotion and willingness to perform work that it claimed Americans find undesirable.” Truly wicked. When foreigners invade our territory and violently rape defenseless women these are war crimes. Democrat judges give them aid, shelter not because they are “soft” but because they support the end game: the forced humiliation, dismantlement, domination and destruction of the West. https://t.co/gU9wXb6hJa — Stephen Miller (@StephenM) December 13, 2025 Source: thegatewaypundit.com OT Finds Half Of NY Commercial Drivers Are Illegals, Threatens To Pull $73 Million In Federal Funding The Department of Transportation is threatening to pull $73 million in federal highway funding from New York after an audit found that half of the state’s commercial trucking licenses were issued to illegal immigrants. “What New York does is if an applicant comes in and they have a work authorization — for 30 days, 60 days, one year — New York automatically issues them an eight-year commercial driver’s license,” Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on Friday during a press conference at DOT headquarters, adding “That’s contrary to law.” “But we also found that New York many times won’t even verify whether they have a work authorization, they have a visa, or they’re in the country legally. “So they’re just giving eight-year commercial driver’s licenses to people who are coming through their DMV and sending them out on American roadways — and again they’re endangering the lives of American families.” Source: zerohedge.com NOW – Border Czar Tom Homan: "I'm begging the politicians, the governors, the mayors who constantly attack these men and women, please stop… the men and women of ICE and Border Patrol are patriots. Hard stop." pic.twitter.com/pQD2BAxIMU — Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) December 13, 2025 Food = access limited soon to be unavailable to Illegals.Housing = same! The # of illegal mortgages WE were paying for will utterly amaze and infuriate you. Without welfare 40 million illegals cannot maintain ANY kind of lifestyle.Because we were literally paying their way.… — DuaneCates001 (@THEDuaneCates) December 13, 2025   March of next year the 2 million self deports will be 25+ As our AmericanDream stabilizes and begins to recover. Yesterday, MSDNC’s “legal reporter” suggested that the women in the Trump photo are “either minors and/or survivors of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell”. It’s now been revealed that the women were all adult Hawaiian Tropic models at a Mar-a-Lago event. You can’t hate the… pic.twitter.com/1EbJn2RJuy — Patri0tsareinContr0l (@Patri0tContr0l) December 13, 2025   media enough. I’m sure MANY of you have seen this photo in your feed countless times today. But most of you don’t know the backstory— which is EXACTLY what the Democrats intended. The original photo has been floating around for years. It is NOT new. However, Democrats put arbitrary censors… pic.twitter.com/s9xQklGn2T — Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) December 13, 2025   over the faces of 20+ year old women to make the public believe they were minors and victims. Total BS. These were models representing the well-known American suntan lotion brand Hawaiian Tropic at a Mar-a-Lago event. One of the women, who was 22 at the time the photo was taken, told The Telegraph today that Donald Trump was a “gentleman” and “went out of his way” to ensure their entire group enjoyed their time at Mar-a-Lago. “I was 22 years old and remember him being very nice. He was very gentlemanly, that’s the word to describe him,” she said. Not a SINGLE ONE of them accused Trump of wrongdoing. It’s absolutely freaking shameful how Democrats have decided to discard ACTUAL victims of Jeffrey Epstein in an attempt to falsely smear President Trump. DOGE Geopolitical https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1999875618138177603?s=20  finalizing a comprehensive US Brazil pact that ties trade cooperation to reversing Brazil’s censorship & lawfare machinery. Brazil is granting amnesty to Lula’s political rivals & removing major authorities from Justice Alexandre de Moraes. Trump offered a goodwill reversal of Global Magnitsky sanctions placed on de Moraes just months ago to open the door to renewed ties built on a $6.8 billion US trade surplus. It marks a decisive shift in Brazil’s direction under Trump’s diplomatic pressure. BREAKING: The new President of Bolivia is now working to terminate lithium mining contracts with China & Russia, in favor of a deal with the United States. President Rodrigo Paz's Foreign Minister said, "We are looking for a long-term relationship with U.S., relations based on… pic.twitter.com/5yOI36eFLD — George (@BehizyTweets) December 13, 2025   the same values and interests that we share, for democracy and to create a new alliance in South America,” “The U.S. has a lot of technology and has a lot of experience and sustainable extraction of resources. We want to take advantage of that. Of course, we want to receive some technology transfers and to be part of the whole chain of production.” The Uyuni Salt Flat in Bolivia holds the world’s largest lithium reserves—estimated at 21 million tons—vital for batteries. China currently controls over 80% of global lithium production. This move would give American industry a huge boost. This is for all the naysayers who question Trump’s recent moves to reclaim domination of the Western Hemisphere. War/Peace The savage who perpetrated this attack was killed by partner forces. Let it be known, if you target Americans — anywhere in the world — you will spend the rest of your brief, anxious life knowing the United States will hunt you, find you, and ruthlessly kill you. https://t.co/P7D9NrWpAL — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) December 13, 2025  Wow….. pic.twitter.com/Li2emK6kSp — Joe Rambo (@RamboAndFrens) December 13, 2025 Germany Sends Troops Into Poland ‘To Protect’ NATO’S East Border With Russia and Belarus   Germany is sending troops into Poland! Calm down – it’s not 1939. But it could end up just as bad. Today (13), it has been reported that Germany is sending soldiers to Poland, in a bid to ‘strengthen’ NATO’s eastern border with Belarus and Russia. Politico reported: “Several dozen German soldiers will join Poland’s East Shield from April 2026, with the mission initially running until the end of 2027, Deutsche Welle reported, citing Berlin’s defense ministry. German troops will focus on engineering work, according to a ministry spokesperson quoted in the report. The spokesperson described this as building positions, digging trenches, laying barbed wire and constructing anti-tank obstacles.  .” Source: thegatewaypundit.com Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees but rejects US push to cede territory   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy Zelenskyy on Sunday (December 14, 2025) voiced readiness to drop his country’s bid to join NATO in exchange for Western security guarantees, but rejected the U.S. push for ceding territory to Russia as he arrived in Berlin for talks with U.S. envoys on ending the war. Source: thehindu.com CIA Outlet Concerned About Kash Patel and Dan Bongino Meeting with Top Zelenskyy Officials It  been  reported that the FBI has been working closely with the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) in detecting and discovering corruption amid Ukraine officials who have skimmed money from various international aid programs.  However, the Washington Post is suddenly concerned that FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino have held “secret meetings” with lead Ukraine peace negotiator Rustem Umerov.   it is easy to get the sense that Rustem Umerov is in alignment with the U.S. proposals, but Volodymyr Zelenskyy is not.  Hence, Zelenskyy keeps returning to his U.K, France, Germany and EU support network for counterproposals despite his officials like Umerov working with the U.S. team directly. This paragraph from within the WaPo (CIA) framework seems to tell a background story: […] “The meetings have caused alarm among Western officials who remain in the dark about their intent and purpose. Some said they believe Umerov and other Ukrainian officials sought out Patel and Bongino in the hopes of obtaining amnesty from any corruption allegations the Ukrainians could face. Others worry the newly established channel could be used to exert pressure on Zelensky’s government to accept a peace deal, proposed by the Trump administration, containing steep concessions for Kyiv.” (more) Perhaps Zelenskyy’s primary negotiator for the USA team, Rustem Umerov, has specific knowledge of corruption connected to the generous financial support the USA has provided Ukraine.  Watching Yermak get taken down within the FBI/NABU investigation, might have triggered Umerov to cooperate on several levels. Umerov reported as happy with the negotiated U.S. terms. Volodymyr Zelenskyy openly not happy with the negotiated terms. This is worth watching. Source: theconservativetreehouse.com Something massive is unfolding and not many people are paying attention. Recently, President Trump gave Ukraine and the EU until Christmas Day, December 25 to accept peace deal of America is done for good. PresidentTrump told Volodymyr Zelensky that he has until Christmas to… pic.twitter.com/3iGqyVJKnU — J. C. Okechukwu (@jcokechukwu) December 13, 2025   Christmas Day, December 25 to accept peace deal of America is done for good. PresidentTrump told Volodymyr Zelensky that he has until Christmas to accept his deal to end the war with Russia, and then said that Ukraine will eventually succumb to Russia unless agreement is signed Keep in mind that if America is done with Ukraine it’s basically done with NATO/EU. Meanwhile, a U.S. lawmaker, Thomas Massie just recently introduced a bill to remove the United States from NATO completely. While all that is simmering, President Putin releases this highly impassioned video, letting America and Americans know what a great partnership it’ll be for Russia and the U.S. to work together. He paints a future filled with immeasurable mutual benefits and shared strengths. Me: I agree  % Imagine the historic tectonic geopolitical earthquake this would cause – two of the world’s most powerful nations, two of the worlds leading nuclear powers, two unashamedly Christian nations, two gigantic neighbors with some of the world’s most advanced space technologies. Chew on that for a minute. It’ll literally change everything! Old guard being removed Medical/False Flags Vermont school district raises the Somalian Flag You can contact them here (802) 655-0485 pic.twitter.com/KDr6BmWCJy — Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 8, 2025 Justice Department Sues Minneapolis Schools Over Race-Based Hiring Policies The Department of Justice filed a federal lawsuit this week against Minneapolis Public Schools, alleging that the district violated federal civil-rights law by embedding race-based employment preferences into its collective bargaining agreement with the teachers’ union. Filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, the complaint challenges contract provisions that prioritize teachers from “underrepresented populations” during layoffs, reassignments, and recalls, and that grant exclusive employment benefits to members of a third-party program known as “Black Men Teach Fellows.” Federal officials argue the policies violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race or sex in employment. Source: thegatewaypundit.com [DS] Agenda AOC SPENT $50,000 ON LUXURY PUERTO RICO HOTELS AND BAD BUNNY CONCERT VENUE WHILE LECTURING ABOUT "FIGHTING OLIGARCHY" Socialism for thee, boutique hotels for me. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's campaign dropped nearly $50,000 in Puerto Rico last quarter, including $15,500… pic.twitter.com/mkf1cxqqRT — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) December 13, 2025  on luxury hotel stays and $23,000 renting the Coliseo De Puerto Rico, where she was spotted dancing at a Bad Bunny concert in August. She stayed at the “first-class, adults only” Hotel Palacio Provincial, which boasts “transcendent hints of the structure’s grand colonial past.” Another $10,700 went to meals and catering. This while AOC denounced “gentrification” on the island on social media. Back on the mainland, her “Fighting Oligarchy” tour with Bernie Sanders included $6,600 at Hotel Vermont and $6,300 for a single meal at an Italian restaurant in DC. Fighting oligarchy is exhausting work. Someone has to stay at the colonial boutique hotels. Biden Has Raised Little of What He Needs to Build a Presidential Library His library foundation has told the I.R.S. that by the end of 2027 it expects to bring in just $11.3 million — not nearly enough for a traditional presidential library. Source: nytimes.com   COLOR REVOLUTION: DNC Chair Ken Martin reveals that President Trump only has ‘days’ left in office vowing to remove him from power. pic.twitter.com/jRuTzOZ001 — @amuse (@amuse) December 13, 2025 "A communist system can be recognized when the system spares the criminals and criminalizes the political opponents." -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn pic.twitter.com/tlT2SPkn8H — Break The Chains Media (@BreakTheChainsM) December 12, 2025   President Trump’s Plan Did you know? In 2016 lawsuits brought by Judicial Watch and the Cause of Action Institute that sought to force the government to take more aggressive steps to recover Hillary’s deleted emails under the Federal Records Act were dismissed. Who was the judge? Boasberg Always. pic.twitter.com/czS67RpZfM — C3 (@C_3C_3) December 13, 2025 Appeals Court Overturns Obama Judge’s Order Blocking Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill Provision Barring Funding for Planned Parenthood  Another win for the Trump Administration. A federal appeals court on Friday overturned Judge Talwani’s (already halted) orders blocking Trump’s Big Beautiful Bill provision that barred funding for Planned Parenthood. The First Circuit Court of Appeals vacated Judge Talwani’s July orders granting preliminary injunctions blocking the provision. The three-judge panel unanimously overturned Judge Talwani’s orders. Source: thegatewaypundit.com Friend was not only involved in the roundup of J6ers until he objected but also (oddly?) was involved in the Whitmer fednapping hoax as part of the FBI that took down the targets during the Oct 2020 arrests. Now this? And these little fellas really need to stop overestimating… pic.twitter.com/QeSYK4Rt24 — Julie Kelly (@julie_kelly2) December 14, 2025   if I were drowning he’d push me under. Friend can, and should, be judged by the company he keeps as well as his unhinged threat against Kash Patel and what appears to be unauthorized (and inaccurate) disclosures of investigative information. They are not men of integrity, they used a sympathetic MAGA base to sell books, promote podcasts, contribute to their fundraising sites. This bad behavior should not be endorsed, nor excused, by anyone.  ELECTION INTEGRITY: DOJ found hundreds of thousands of dead voters and thousands of illegal voters, but GA SOS Raffensperger refuses to hand over records & still hides 100,000+ Fulton ballots. Georgia is blocking transparency. What are they hiding? pic.twitter.com/6iPQAvUMr2 — @amuse (@amuse) December 12, 2025   Happy Friday! @TheJusticeDept and @CivilRights Division just sued 4 additional states for not handing over their voter rolls—bringing our total to 18! If states refuse to fulfill their duty to maintain clean voter rolls, we will. Thanks to Texas & other cooperating states!… — AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) December 12, 2025   White Hats in control! https://t.co/w1dZvZEFsG — JoeLange (@JoeLang51440671) December 13, 2025 SENATE GOP, You need to LISTEN to President Trump. EVERY WORD. "It's time for Republicans to do what they have to do: terminate the filibuster. If you don't? You'll be in BAD shape. We won't pass ANY legislation. No legislation for 3 and a quarter years." "Pass voter ID, no… pic.twitter.com/gQDEsPejsv — Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) December 13, 2025   mail-in voting, all the things, make our elections secure and safe!” “If you don’t get it, you’ll NEVER pass [voter ID].” Election year starts in a few weeks. The GOP needs more to show for it. HUGE Donald Trump says his administration is about to release “truckloads” of evidence PROVING the 2020 election was “RIGGED” by Democrats He says he has evidence Gavin Newsom is rigging California elections with mail in ballots “They're professionals at cheating because we… pic.twitter.com/hKsbB51tEb — Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) December 14, 2025

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Erika Kirk is set to meet in person with podcast host Candace Owens on Monday, when Turning Point USA was set to hold a livestream to address conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk’s assassination that have been pushed by Owens. “Candace Owens and I are meeting for a private, in-person discussion,” Kirk posted on Sunday, adding that plans for the livestream would be put on hold. “[Owens] and I have agreed that public discussions, livestreams and tweets are on hold until after this meeting. I look forward to a productive conversations. Thank you.” The shocking announcement came Sunday night after Kirk publicly asked Owens to stop spreading rumors surrounding her husband’s death. Owens quickly reposted the announcement, saying she was “looking forward” to it.   Candace Owens and I are meeting for a private, in-person discussion on Monday, December 15. @RealCandaceO and I have agreed that public discussions, livestreams, and tweets are on hold until after this meeting. I look forward to a productive conversation. Thank you. — Erika Kirk (@MrsErikaKirk) December 15, 2025 “I am very much looking forward to this discussion,” Owens added. Owens has used her podcast the last three months to analyze Kirk’s murder, pushing bizarre theories and suggesting that TPUSA was covering up the truth. Owens has questioned the FBI’s handling of the investigation, and suggested that foreign agencies from countries including Israel and France were involved. She has recently put the focus on TPUSA itself, which is now under the leadership of Erika Kirk. Erika Kirk in recent days has pushed back on the claims. “When you go after my family, my Turning Point USA family, my Charlie Kirk Show family, when you go after the people that I love, and you’re making hundreds and thousands of dollars every single episode going after the people that I love because somehow they’re in on this, no,” she told Fox News Wednesday. Owens took that interview and used it to criticize Erika Kirk more. “Don’t try to, like, ‘mom’ the organization and say, ‘Well, mother’s upset because people are coming after her kids and all of the multimillion-dollar subsidiaries.” In a town hall with CBS News on Saturday, Kirk said she is worried the conspiracy theories are going to taint the jury pool for trial of her husband’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, who is charged with aggravated murder and faces the death penalty. CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss asked Kirk directly what she wanted from Owens. “Stop. That’s it. That’s all I have to say. Stop.” Owens originally told members of TPUSA she was unavailable to meet in person, Monday, December 15 — she was invited by TPUSA to participate in the livestream to address her accusations of the organization. Owens offered to connect with members of TPUSA virtually, but Blake Neff, the producer of The Charlie Kirk Show, said TPUSA would be proceeding without Owens. Owens’ schedule appears to have cleared. There’s no word yet on when the details of this private meeting will be made public.

Authorities in Australia have identified the suspects in Sunday’s horrific Hanukkah shooting in Bondi Beach, Sydney, as a 50-year-old man and his 24-year-old son. Officials gave an update on Sunday evening, and although they did not name the suspects, they revealed that the father had been killed at the scene of the shooting and the son remained in the hospital with critical injuries. “Based on his medical condition, it is likely that this person may face criminal charges,” Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon — of the New South Wales Police — said of the younger man. Lanyon also warned the public against retaliation, saying, “This is a time for calm. Retribution or acts against any parts of any community will not be accepted.” Authorities have labeled the attack — on a gathering of hundred of Australian Jews who were gathered to celebrate the first night of Hanukkah — an act of terrorism and antisemitism. Criminal charges are expected to be filed against the recovering suspect. Local police do not believe that any other suspects were involved in the attack. Commissioner Lanyon noted that the older of the two suspects was legally able to possess firearms — despite Australia’s strict firearm regulations — because he was a member of a gun club and had obtained a recreational hunting license. He had legal licenses for six firearms and six firearms were all that were recovered from his property and from the scene of the shooting. Lawmakers in Australia have already begun to talk about tightening gun regulations even further in the wake of the shooting. “It means introducing a bill to Parliament to — I mean, to be really blunt — make it more difficult to get these horrifying weapons that have no practical use in our community,” New South Wales Premier Chris Minns said. “If you’re not a farmer, if you’re not involved in agriculture, why do you need these massive weapons that put the public in danger and make life dangerous and difficult for New South Wales Police?” Minns also vowed to make it clear to the citizens that the government and police would protect them, saying, “We need to send a clear message to the people of this state … that New South Wales police are there to protect them, to keep them safe, and they’ve got every right to celebrate their faith.” The names of those who were murdered at the Hanukkah celebration have not yet been officially released, but Chabad — the group that organized the popular event — announced earlier in the day that Rabbi Eli Schlanger had been among those killed. Schlanger had recently penned a letter to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, warning him not to betray the Jewish people. “To Anthony Albanese, I say this with urgency – stop fueling terrorism by legitimizing those who spread hate. Listen to the voices of those who understand it firsthand,” he wrote. “As a rabbi in Sydney, I beg you not to betray the Jewish people and not God himself,” Schlanger wrote to Albanese. “Jews have been torn from their land again and again by leaders who are now remembered with contempt in the pages of history. You have an opportunity to stand on the side of justice.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had also warned Albanese to rescind his support for Palestinian statehood, saying in part, “Your call for a Palestinian state pours fuel on this antisemitic fire. It is not diplomacy, it is appeasement. It rewards Hamas terror, hardens Hamas’s refusal to free the hostages, emboldens those who menace Australian Jews and encourages the Jew-hatred now stalking your streets.”